West Bank Shooting Injures Israeli

Published 2:41 pm, Tuesday, April 26, 2016

An Israeli was shot and seriously injured Monday near the West Bank town of Nablus, Israeli settlers and medical officials said.

The circumstances of the shooting were not immediately clear, and it was not clear whether the assailants escaped.

Yeruham Mandola, an emergency services spokesman, said that the Israeli was injured in the chest and was in serious condition. The attack occurred near the Shavei Shomron settlement just west of Nablus, said Matanya Shapira, a settler spokesman.

This would be the first Palestinian attack on Israelis in about a week. Last Sunday, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat called for an end to violence in a televised appeal to his people.